Amid “crass” speculation about whether he — and other justices — should be pushed to retire, Justice Samuel Alito will remain on the Supreme Court with zero intention of retiring in the near future, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election victory last week, open chatter began in conservative legal circles about whether the 74-year-old — as well as the 76-year-old Clarence Thomas — should step down to allow the Trump to nominate and install a younger conservative to the high court.
“Despite what some people may think, this is a man who has never thought about this job from a political perspective,” one person close to Alito told the Journal. “The idea that he’s going to retire for political considerations is not consistent with who he is.”
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